Extending the POLCA production control system with centralized job release
Abstract Paper aims POLCA is a production control system that forwards to gateway manufacturing cells jobs that arrive to a manufacturing system. However, Workload Control literature shows benefits from using a centralized release pre-shop pool. Thus, the paper aims at investigating the performance...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO)
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| Series: | Production |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-65132020000100201&lng=en&tlng=en |
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| Summary: | Abstract Paper aims POLCA is a production control system that forwards to gateway manufacturing cells jobs that arrive to a manufacturing system. However, Workload Control literature shows benefits from using a centralized release pre-shop pool. Thus, the paper aims at investigating the performance impact of incorporating centralized job release into POLCA, in high-variety make-to-order production. Originality This has not been investigated before. Research method Simulation was used for experimentation. Main findings In the case of the general flow shop, a manufacturing system configuration aligned with many real-world production systems, the investigation shows that adding centralized job release to the POLCA system, together with job release based on job workload, leads to a markedly improvement of job delivery performance. Implications for theory and practice The results show theoretical and practical relevance of applying central job release to POLCA system, in high-variety production, due to its markedly positive impact on delivery performance. |
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| ISSN: | 0103-6513 1980-5411 |